Mrs. Mary Helen Estes Risener
The Gulfport Sun
Gulfport, Mississippi
July 29, 1983

Mrs. Mary Risener

GULFPORT-- Mrs. Mary Helen Estes Risener, 55, of #1 Baywood Circle, Gulfport, died Thursday in Gulfport.

Visitors may call tonight from 7 until 9 at Riemann Memorial Funeral Home, U.S. 49, North. Her funeral will be conducted Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Orange Grove Church of Christ, where visitors may call an hour before services. The body will be sent to the Hoggard Funeral Home in Piggott, Ark., for burial in the the Mitchell Cemetery in Greenway, Ark.

Mrs. Risener, a native of Winfield, Ala., had resided in Tupelo many years before moving to Gulfport in 1975. She was a member of Orange Grove Church of Christ.

Survivors include her husband, Joe R. Risener of Gulfport; two sons, Alan R. Risener of Fort Smith, Ark., and Matt P. Risener of Gulfport; a daughter, Miss Juli Risener of Gulfport; her father, Rube Estes of Piggott, Ark.; two brothers, Taft Estes of Piggott and Ray Estes of Riverside, Calif.; and three grandchildren.


The Gulfport Sun, Saturday, July 30, 1983:

MRS. MARY RISENER

GULFPORT -- Mrs. Mary Helen Estes Risener, 55, of #1 Baywood Circle, Gulfport, died Thursday in Gulfport.
Her funeral will be conducted today at 10 a.m. at the Orange Grove Church of Christ, where visitors may call an hour before services. The body will be sent to the Hoggard Funeral Home in Piggott, Ark., for burial in the the Mitchell Cemetery in Greenway, Ark.
Mrs. Risener, a native of Winfield, Ala., had resided in Tupelo many years before moving to Gulfport in 1975. She was a member of Orange Grove Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband, Joe R. Risener of Gulfport; two sons, Alan R. Risener of Fort Smith, Ark., and Matt P. Risener of Gulfport; a daughter, Miss Juli Risener of Gulfport; her father, Rube Estes of Piggott, Ark.; two brothers, Taft Estes of Piggott and Ray Estes of Riverside, Calif.; and three grandchildren.
Riemann Memorial Funeral Home, U.S. 49, North is in charge of arrangements.


The Piggott Times, Piggott, Arkansas
August 2, 1983:

Helen Risener

Mary Helen Estes Risener was born October 29, 1927 in Brilliant, Alabama and departed this life on July 28, 1983 in Gulfport, Miss. She was 55 years old.

The daughter of Rube and Ethel (Roden) Estes, her mother preceded her in death in 1952. She was united in marriage to Joe Risener in July 1945. To this union three children were born.

Helen is survived by her husband, Joe of Gulfport, Miss; her children, Alan R. Risener and daughter-in-law, Lynn of Fort Smith, Ark., Julia and Matthew Risener of Gulfport, Miss.; her father and step-mother Rube and Dollie Estes, two brothers, Taft Estes of Piggott and Ray Estes of Norco, Calif.; four grandchildren, a grandson preceded her in death and a host of many other relatives and friends.

She has lived on the Coast since 1975 and owned Helen's Beauty Shop.

Services were conducted Saturday, July 30, 1983, in the Orange Grove Church of Christ in Gulfport, Miss. Graveside services were held Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in the Mitchell Cemetery at Greenway. Hoggard & Sons Funeral Home was in charge of the graveside services.

Pallbearers were Lloyd Russell, Bob Tidwell, Jerry Sample, Clyde Lamp, Bob Johnson and David Landrum.

In Memory Of
Helen (Estes) Risener

Sadness fell on us today,
A precious loved one went away.
Called suddenly from the earthly land,
To walk and sing with the Angel band.

Jesus took her by the hand,
To lead her to that heavenly land.
There to dwell with him on high,
Above the blue of the beautiful sky.

So hard to lose that one so dear,
Loved by all throughout her years.
Thru tear-dimmed eyes we lay to rest,
Our faith is put to a heavy test.

But promise of eternal life,
Lifts us up above the strife.
Some day soon we'll join her there,
A home in heaven, bright and fair.

Linda (Estes) Phares
7-28-83